The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities to immediately rectify the "deplorable conditions" outside the Blind Relief Association near Oberoi Hotel after it was alleged that illegal parking there was causing immense problems to the visually challenged. The court's direction came while hearing a plea it had initiated itself in pursuant to a letter written by senior advocate Dushyant Dave seeking intervention to stop illegal parking and commercial activities carried outside the Blind Relief Association on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg. The report also stated that the passerby, labourers working at the Oberoi Intercontinental Hotel are constantly relieving themselves on the walls and at the footpath between the main Entry-gate of "Blind Relief Association' and the Dragah, so much so that the guiding tiles meant for visually imapired are inundated with urine. This has made it impossible for not only the visually impaired persons but also for the general pedestrians to walk on the said footpath. "That the streetlights on both sides of the road adjoining the 'Blind relief Association, Delhi' are dysfunctional since a very long time, which is a serious safety concern for the public in general and visually impaired persons in particular," the report stated.

Source: dna January 25, 2018 00:22 UTC